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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360585006646
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48
487 HIGH ST, BUFFALO, NY 14211 · (716) 816-3240 · Erie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
397 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 30% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
17.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 10.0% | 11.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 this school | 413 | 96.1% | 11.9% |
| BUILD COMMUNITY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 371 | 96.5% | 19.9% |
| HARVEY AUSTIN SCHOOL #97 BUFFALO | 487 | 95.3% | 13.9% |
| BUFFALO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY BUFFALO | 551 | 96.0% | 17.3% |
| HIGHGATE HEIGHTS BUFFALO | 407 | 92.9% | 13.9% |
| PS 119 AMERSFORT BROOKLYN | 393 | 86.5% | 39.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #2,315 of 2,335 | #112 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #2,324 of 2,342 ▼ 6 | #111 of 115 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #2,302 of 2,343 ▲ 13 | #104 of 115 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,290 of 2,585 | #79 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #665 of 2,338 | #46 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #471 of 2,388 | #29 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.1% | #143 of 2,534 | #9 of 122 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
413
+52 (+14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 413 | 38.8 | 10.7:1 | 96% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 44.7 | 9.3:1 | 94% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 37.7 | 10.7:1 | 94% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 33 | 10.9:1 | 94% (339) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48.
About MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is a mid-sized elementary school in BUFFALO, New York, one of the schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 413 students in pre-K through 8.
BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 29,425 students in its 61 schools, and MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is Black: 52%. Other groups make up 25% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. Erie County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 scores 65%.
For every teacher at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48, there are about 10.7 students; the school has 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 96%. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Erie County, the school's rate is higher.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of New York public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is among the bottom 10% of schools in New York. Predicted: 39.6%. Actual: 11.9%.
Census data for Erie County show median household income comes to about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 226 public schools and about 122,519 students.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is about 0.3 miles from STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 at 6th of 7.
The federal government classifies MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48's location as City: Large.
A 14% rise took enrollment from 361 in 2020-21 to 413 in 2024-25.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
- FREDERICK OLMSTED #156High · 928 students
- MCKINLEY VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 862 students
- SOUTH PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 801 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Nearby schools
- STANLEY MAKOWSKI EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.3 mi · 566
- MARVA J DANIEL FUTURES PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 369
- BRICK BUFFALO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 72
- CITY HONORS SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,088
- PS 59 DR CHARLES DREW SCIENCE MAGNET0.6 mi · 293
- BUFFALO COMMONS CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 114
Frequently asked questions
About MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48How many students attend MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48?
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-08.
Is MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 have?
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48?
At MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48, the student body is approximately 6% White, 12% Hispanic, 52% Black, 25% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48?
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR #48 is overseen by BUFFALO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.